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sprats

sprats is the plural of sprat.

sprats is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sprat.

Meaning of sprat

Noun

sprat (plural sprat or sprats)

  1. Any of various small, herring-like, marine fish in the genus Sprattus, in the family Clupeidae.
  2. Any of various similar fish of other genera.
  3. (broadly) Anything petty or insignificant.
  4. (UK, obsolete, slang) A sixpence.
    • The price of a case (five shillings piece bad) from the smasher is about one shilling; an alderman (two and sixpence) about sixpence; a peg (shilling) about threepence; a downer or sprat (sixpence) about twopence.1859, Snowden's magistrates assistant, page 90

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Phrases with sprats

Questions about sprats

What is sprats the plural of?
Sprats is the plural of sprat.

Words near sprats in the dictionary

  1. Spratlins
  2. Spratly Island
  3. Spratly Islands
  4. Spratlys
  5. spratmo
  6. sprats
  7. Spratt
  8. spratted
  9. spratter
  10. spratters
  11. spratting

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